Multiple-hanging-garment shipping container



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MULTIPLE-HANGING-GARMENT SHIPPIQG CONTAINER Filed June 3, 1957 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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MULTIPLE-HANGING-GARMENT SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed June 3, 195'? v 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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United States Patent MULTIPLE -HANGIN G-GARMEN T SHIPPING CONTAINER Harvey J. Abramson, Flushing, N. Y., assignor to Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of New York Application June 3, 1957, Serial No. 663,045

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-7) My invention contemplates a carton formed of a relatively small number of parts of stiff paper board, such as standard corrugated board, which may be quickly, easily and inexpensively fabricated and which will be extremely rugged and suitable for storing and shipping a substantial number of garments such as dresses, coats, suits, etc., individually supported on hangers, so that said garments upon removal from the container after shipment will be fresh and unwrinkled and ready for immediate display and sale.

Various other advantages of my invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. l is a plan view of a blank for the body portion of a carton embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body portion after folding;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the top or cap portion blank;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same after folding.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the hanger portion blank;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the same after folding and assembling with a hanger wire;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a fully assembled carton embodying my invention prior to closure thereof;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the same after closure, and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view of the same taken substantially along the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

A carton embodying my invention, as stated above, is preferably formed by stamping the parts from relatively stiff and inexpensive sheet material such as corrugated board and comprises a body portion formed from a blank indicated by the numeral 10 (Fig. I). Said blank comprises a plurality of longitudinal rectangular panels 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d and 12e, said panels being connected to each other along scored lines 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d. The panel 120 provides the back wall of the container and is preferably of such width as to accommodate the width of the garments to be packed therein; panels 12b and 12d provide the side walls, being of equal width, and are of such size as to provide sufficient depth for the desired number of garments to be packed in the container.

Extending below panels 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d and 120 are flaps indicated by the numerals 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d and 15a, a scored line 16 connecting the flaps 15b,'15c and 15:! to the respective panels 12b, 12c and 12d. In prolongation of the scored line 16 are straight line perforations 18a and 18b separating the flaps 15a and 150 from panels 12a and 12:: respectively. It will be noted from Fig. 1 that the scored line 13a is extended to form a fold line between flaps 15a and 15b while the scored line 15d is extended to form a similar line between flaps 15d and 15e.

It will also be noted that in prolongation of the scored lines 13b and are perforations 19a and 19b to separate flaps from the adjacent flaps.

The blank just described is folded as seen in Fig. 2 to provide the body portion of the carton. It will be seen that flap 15c underlies and is adhesively secured to flaps 15b and 15d while flaps 12a and 12e provide the front walls of the container.

I provide a top or cap member which is formed from a blank seen in perspective in Fig. 3 and indicated generally 'by the numeral 20. This cap comprises a rectangular top wall portion 22 having a series of slots 23 extending in a straight line across the center of the wall from front to rear thereof for a purpose which will shortly appear. Connected to the wall portion 22 by scored lines 24a and 24b are flanges 25a and 25b and also connected to said wall portion by scored lines 26a and 26b are flanges 27a and 27b. The flange 25a is provided with corner tabs 28a and 28b, said tabs being connected to flange 25a by scored lines 29a and 29b. Similar corner tabs 30:: and 30b are connected to flange 25b by scored lines 31a and 31b, respectively.

Flange 27a is separated from corner tabs 28a and 30s by perforations 31a and 31b respectively, while flange 27b is separated from corner tabs 28b and 30b by perforations 32a and 32b, respectively, said perforations being prolongations at their opposite ends of the scored lines 24a and 24b, respectively.

The flanges 25a, 25b, 27a and 27b are preferably of equal width and, as seen best in Figs. 7 and 8, overlie the top wall portions of the carton body. It will be seen that the flanges are being bent downwardly along the respective scored fold lines 24a, 24b, 26a'and 26b, while the corner tabs 28a, 28b, 30a and 30b are bent along the respective fold lines 29a, 29b, 31a and 31b so as to overlie and be adhesively secured to the respective flanges 27a and 27b (Fig. 8).

A hanger member is provided from a stamped blank 40 which is rectangular in outline, the length thereof being equal to the distance between the first and last of slots 23. This blank is provided with a series of substantially similar transverse rectangular slots 42, the distance therebetween being equal to the width of slots 23. A longitudinal scored line 45 is provided along the center of the blank. Parallel score lines 46a and 46b are provided on opposite sides of scored line 45 and on the same side of I the blank; on the opposite side of the blank and adjacent center score line 45 are score lines 47mm 47b. A plurality of perforations 55 is provided adjacent each corner.

The blank 40 is first folded along the center score line 45 as seen in Fig. 6, to provide a comb-shaped element having a series of depending teeth 50 separated by slots 42. Reverse scoring 47a, 47b and scoring 46a, 46b enables flaps 48 to be bent down and permit the hanger when folded to assume the position shown in Figs. 8 g

and 9.

The hanger supporting member may be secured in the cap portion of the carton in any suitable manner. For example the teeth 50 may be inserted through the slots 23 of cap portion 20 to take the position shown in Fig. 7 and a hanger supporting element 52 is inserted within the fold of teeth 50, said hanger support 52 being preferably in the form of a relatively stiff wire, as seen best in Figs. 6 and 9.

When the carton is in the condition shown in Fig. 7 it may be conveniently packed with as many garments as it will hold disposed on suitable hangers, such as standard latented Feb. 17, a

wire hangers having a hood portion H, the latter being disposed over and engaging the wire element 52. When the carton has been completely packed, the hanger support 40 may be drawn up by means of finger holes 55 and the flaps 48 then bent down to overlie the lid 29 as seen in Figs. 8 and 9, to which they may be secured, as by stapling, to prevent the carton contents from jarring loose in transit. The front panels 120 and 126 may then be brought together to close the carton and flaps 15a, 15a and 27]) may be bent into position and adhesively or otherwise secured in place, as seen in Fig. 8.

It may be seen that I have provided an extremely simple and relatively inexpensive packing case for the shipping of garments in quantities, preserving them in fresh, uncreased condition, whereby they may be displayed for sale immediately upon removal from the container; that such a carton is extremely rugged, considering the inexpensive character of the materials, and may be quickly assembled, packed and prepared for shipment by unskilled labor.

Various changes coming within the spirit of my invention may suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and hence I do not wish to be limited to the specific form shown or uses mentioned, except tothe extent indicated in the appended claims.

I claim:

ll A shipping container for garments having a plurality of walls, one of said walls being adapted to support garment hangers, said supporting wall having a plurality of spaced perforations arranged in substantially a straight line, a garment hanger support cooperating with said one wall, said support being formed of sheet material doubled on itself along a fold line, the support adjacent to said fold line having a plurality of coplanar teeth alternating with spaces therebetween, said teeth extending through the perforations of said wall and the free ends of said support providing flaps secured to the outside of said wall, and a relatively stiff element carried by said teeth and adapted for engagement with garment hangers.

2. A combination as in claim 1, wherein said hanger support is formed of relatively stiff paper material and said element is of tenuous metal, the latter being embraced between the folds of said support.

3. A combination as in claim 2 wherein said container 20 is a paper carton.

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